February 18th, 2010

The War on Terror is

The war on terror is over.  Robert Gibbs just ended it.

When failed computer nerd, loser in love and American kamikaze Joe Stack flew his plane into the 2^nd story of a 7 story building in Austin, Texas, the local  headquarters of the IRS, after posting a long suicide note on the internet blaming the IRS (Internal Revenue Service – the tax people) for all the problems of his life, it seemed like the textbook definition of a terrorist attack.  Plane flying into building.  Check.  Crazy pilot with a political agenda.  Check.  Suicide note clearly stating his reasons for flying a plane into a government building and stating what he hoped to accomplish:  “ a knee-jerk government reaction that results in more stupid draconian restrictions people wake up and begin to see the pompous political thugs and their mindless minions for what they are.”  Check.

So why did Gibbs say this had no connection to terrorism?  Because terrorism is whatever we say it is.  By calling this a crime and a terrible tragedy, an isolated incident committed by a person who was not of stable mind and whose opinions and convictions therefore can, and should, be considered irrelevant, Gibbs (who speaks for Obama, of course) said we’re not going to indulge in hysteria.  And that, of course, is all the war on terror ever was.  Institutionalized hysteria.  9/11, 9/11, Patriotic Act, Homeland Security, Orange Alert, Shoes Off, Everything’s changed, WMDs,WMDS, Yellowcake, Mobile Labs, Must Bomb Now, Must Bomb Now, Flags Here, Flags There, Flags, Flags Everywhere, Flag Pins, Flag Pins, Why Don’t You Wear A Flag Pin, Soft on Terror Arugula Eater,3 a.m., UnAmerican, Birth Certificate! Birth Certificate!, Teleprompter!  Feet on Desk!

And now it’s over.  Because if this isn’t an act of terror, then nothing is. And if the right wingers insist on calling it an act of terror then they may win the battle but they will definitely lose the war because this bozo was clearly one of their own.

By reacting calmly and rationally, Gibbs (Obama)  has refused to grant Joe Stack his last request of “a knee jerk government reaction that results in more stupid Draconian restrictions….”  And that means the terrorists have lost.